CHAI Pilot Awards to Advance Measurement of Healthy Aging
Columbia University’s CHAI Pilot Awards fund innovative projects to develop or validate new tools and methods for measuring healthy aging across scientific disciplines.
Funder: Columbia University
Due Dates: July 8, 2026: Proposal submission deadline (CHAI Pilot Awards to Advance Measurement of Healthy Aging)
Funding Amounts: $33,000 per award; three awards anticipated; one-year project period.
Summary: Supports innovative measurement science pilot projects to advance research on healthy aging at Columbia University.
Key Information: Open to assistant, associate, and full professors at Columbia University.
Description
The CHAI Pilot Awards, offered by the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center (CAC) as part of the Columbia Healthy Aging Initiative (CHAI), provide pilot funding to foster innovation in measurement science aimed at advancing research on healthy aging. The Spring 2026 round specifically seeks proposals from any scientific discipline within the Columbia University community that develop or validate novel measurements of healthy aging. Projects may include new population-level measures, survey scales, psychometric tools, physical/cognitive performance tests, biochemical assays, composite indices, or innovative methods for data or biospecimen collection. The ultimate goal is to create and validate tools that will inform future cohort studies on the etiology and progression of healthy aging.
